Stubble Burning - To Punish Farmers Is Not The Solution; Provide Them Basic Amenities : SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab to grant financial assistance of Rs 100 per quintal within seven days to small and marginal farmers for handling crop residue of non-basmati rice to ensure that they do not burn stubble to clean their fields. The special bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta passed the interim order after...

SC Dismisses Review Petition Against Judgment In Second Judges Case That Introduced Collegium System [Read Order]

"We are satisfied that no case for review of the impugned judgment has been made out."

Forests In Alagar Hills Does Not Belong To The Deity, Holds SC [Read Judgment]

"Presumption of lost grant cannot be applied when there is no evidence of continuous possession under an assertion of title.

Police v Lawyers : Delhi HC Issues Clarifications On MHA's Petition [Read Order]

[Updated with order]The Delhi High Court on Wednesday clarified that the restriction on taking coercive action against lawyers imposed as per order issued on November 3 pertained only to the two FIRs registered on November 2.Holding so, the bench comprising Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Harishanker disposed of the applications filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs seeking clarification...

'Internet Shutdown And Media Blockade In Kashmir Are Disproportionate Restrictions' : Vrinda Grover Submits In SC

The shutdown of internet and blockade of media which has been in force in Kashmir region for past ninety days amount to disproportionate restrictions on free speech, submitted Advocate Vrinda Grover before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.Grover is appearing for Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times, who has filed a petition challenging the curfew measures imposed in J&K in...

Filling Up Of Vacancies Of Information Commissioners: SC Seeks Status Reports From Centre, States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday required the Centre and the respondent states to file a status report regarding the filling up of the vacancies of Information Commissioners and the compliance with the directions issued by the court vide its judgment of February 15."They are not following the directions as to the method of appointment- the procedure for shortlisting of candidates has to...

Anti-Sikh Riots: SC Direct To Constitute Medical Board To Examine Ex-Cong Leader Sajjan Kumar

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the AIIMS to constitute a board for Ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's medical examination, requiring the report to be submitted in 4 weeks.The bench headed by Justice S. A. Bobde was hearing Kumar's (who is sentenced to imprisonment for life for his involvement in the 1984 Sikh riots) plea for bail.Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave argued that the bail...

SC Expresses Concern Over Environmental Degeneration; Quashes Clearance For Tata Housing Project Near Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary

The most potent threat faced by the earth and human civilization as a whole which is confronted with, today, is environmental degradation and wildlife degeneration.

6 Years Of Supreme Court's Life Support For CBI

A stay order from SC keeps the CBI alive.

Will Trial In NDPS Cases Be Vitiated If Investigation Is Carried Out By The Complainant? SC Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising of Justices Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M.R. Shah, and S. Ravindra Bhat on Monday reserved the Judgment in the matter involving the question of whether an investigation under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) will get vitiated if the IO and the Complainant is the same person. 

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Kashmir Hearings Today [Court Room Exchange]

Hearing in Enakshi Ganguly's case :"The report submitted is...we don't want to say...but have all allegations been appreciated? Has there been an application of the mind?", wondered Justice N. V. Ramana on Tuesday in connection with the report submitted by the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on the detention of children in the state. The court was...

Tis Hazari Clash: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Bar Associations On Clarification Sought By MHA On FIR Against Lawyers

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Bar Council of India, Delhi High Court Bar Association, and the Bar Associations of all the district courts in a plea filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs seeking clarification on the court's latest order on the Tis Hazari clash matter.The clarification was sought one a specific direction by the Court that no coercive action to be taken...